6/16/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

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1A
Trees that are common in California and Florida
Palms

6A
Structure that blocks the flow of water
Dam

9A
Mongolian desert
Gobi

13A
Basketball Hall of Famer ___ Thomas
Isiah

14A
Stupefied wonder
Awe

15A
Like half of all numbers
Even

16A
Bamboo-eating bear
Panda

17A
Small child
Tot

18A
Exposure of confidential information
Leak

19A
Female US poet who wrote The New Colossus (the poem on the Statue of Liberty): 2 wds.
Emma Lazarus

22A
Texas city on the Rio Grande: 2 wds.
El Paso

25A
On like a lantern
Lit

26A
Going through on an itinerary
Via

27A
State where Portlandia was filmed: Abbr.
Ore

30A
Heroine of Disney’s The Princess and the Frog
Tiana

34A
Female US poet who wrote I’m Nobody! Who are you?: 2 wds.
Emily Dickinson

38A
Sport that involves calf roping
Rodeo

39A
___ band (group like ‘N Sync)
Boy

40A
Politically unaffiliated: Abbr.
Ind

41A
What you can tell by counting a tree’s rings
Age

43A
Former mixed martial artist Ronda
Rousey

46A
Female US poet who wrote Daddy: 2 wds.
Sylvia Plath

51A
Aaron Spelling’s actress daughter
Tori

52A
Who’da thunk it?
Gee

53A
Piano adjuster
Tuner

57A
SpaceX founder ___ Musk
Elon

58A
General who lost the Battle of Gettysburg
Lee

59A
Gradually diminish like a shoreline or public support
Erode

60A
Old arcade game based on table tennis
Pong

61A
Deer relative found in Yellowstone
Elk

62A
Amassed as a bar tab: 2 wds.
Ran Up

1D
Member of Gladys Knight’s vocal group
Pip

2D
Stubborn ___ mule: 2 wds.
As A

3D
Jeremy of the Brooklyn Nets
Lin

4D
Female character played by Tyler Perry
Madea

5D
Pillow coverings
Shams

6D
Android in Star Trek: The Next Generation
Data

7D
Like a truant soldier: Abbr.
Awol

8D
Gold copper or aluminum
Metal

9D
Ingredient in gummy bears
Gelatin

10D
Under’s opposite
Over

11D
Actor Bridges who starred on “The Millers”
Beau

12D
Gives a tattoo to
Inks

20D
In a good ___ (chipper)
Mood

21D
Tube-shaped pasta
Ziti

22D
“Best Song ___” (One Direction hit)
Ever

23D
The Hyundai Equus for one
Limo

24D
Compensated
Paid

28D
Baby back bone
Rib

29D
Prefix suggesting environmental awareness
Eco

31D
“In its current condition” at a flea market: 2 wds.
As Is

32D
Half a loaf is better than ___
None

33D
Actor Serkis who portrayed Gollum and King Kong
Andy

35D
Going away
Leaving

36D
Baseball great Berra
Yogi

37D
The Closer star Sedgwick
Kyra

42D
NFL player from Philadelphia
Eagle

44D
Playful aquatic mammal
Otter

45D
Communications officer on the original Star Trek
Uhura

46D
Take the first ___ (begin)
Step

47D
Why not go for it? sentiment these days
YOLO

48D
___ Hubbard (“Battlefield Earth” author): 2 wds.
L Ron

49D
Skin of a banana
Peel

50D
Onion relative
Leek

54D
Opposite of oui in France
Non

55D
URL ending for universities
Edu

56D
Part of an exercise routine for short
Rep